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A controversial new metric on executive pay is on Congress’s chopping block. Shareholders should want it to survive, even if it only provides a sliver of insight into the companies they own.76in 15 hours

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A group of Hong Kong activists pleaded guilty to charges related to the city’s large-scale pro-democracy protests in 2014, as the once-burgeoning movement has waned under legal pressure from Beijing.in 18 hours

Turkish police have detained ten senior human rights workers including the head of Amnesty International’s Turkey chapter and two Europeans during a training conference outside Istanbul, according to the head of the international organization.in 15 hours